The news will still tell you (I just looked at Google) that the driver of this truck is wanted by the Sheriff of Fort Bend County. Well, Fort Bend County adjoins Harris County, so this story is in the news around here, and I can tell you (without links, so trust me) that the driver of the truck has been identified, and "he" is a "she." She says she's been stopped numerous times by law enforcement for her sign, but there's nothing illegal about it, and they have to let her go on her way. Personally, I'm surprised her truck hasn't been vandalized.
A Con Law professor on a local NPR show at noon today noted this kind of thing is protected speech, and has been since at least the '70's.
And besides, the Sheriff who posted this on Facebook has since removed it. Seems he got more feedback than he wanted, and got a few lessons in Constitutional law, to boot.
Just waiting now for Trump to tweet about it.....
For some reason it reminds me of when my older brother convinced one of our younger brothers that the word "gubernatorial" was swearing and he told our mother that we were using dirty words. She laughed so hard when he whispered what the dirty word was, we were surprised. Either that's related or it's the cold medicine kicking in.
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